The Herd:
After blowing a five-run lead, Andy Green scorched a single to center scoring pinch-runner, Chip Ambres from second in the ninth inning as the Bisons came back to beat the Red Wings, 8-7, and earn a split of the doubleheader Monday night at Coca-Cola Field.
The Bisons saw their 7-3 lead evaporate on one swing of the bat from Justin Huber in the top of the seventh. With the bases loaded, the cleanup man drove the first pitch he saw from Tim McNab over the netting in left field to tie the game at seven.
Newly acquired, Jason Dubois, got the ninth-inning rally started with a leadoff walk. Ambres was inserted to run and was standing on second after a sacrifice bunt and a strikeout, when Green ripped the 0-2 offering from Rob Delaney off the outstretched glove of Dustin Martin in center.
Lakewood southpaw Matthew Way dealt 11 strikeouts, including six in a row at one point, to help the BlueClaws stymie the Gnats offense in a, 4-0, win Monday night at Grayson Stadium. Way (1-1) worked seven innings and permitted just three hits and did not walk a Sand Gnats hitter.
Eric Beaulac (6-7) once again was the recipient of some bad breaks as he allowed three runs (one earned) in his four innings of duty. Lakewood scored its first run in the first when Travis d'Arnaud doubled in Korby Mintken with one out. After Jim Murphy was retired, Beaulac issued his second walk of the inning to prolong it and allow Travis Mattair to bat.
Mattair hit a ball towards third that Jefry Marte mishandled and allowed d'Arnaud to score. After half an inning, Lakewood led, 2-0.
Savannah would register his in each of the first two innings but then go hitless as Way retired 15 in a row from the end of the second until Eric Campbell doubled with two down in the seventh. The Gnats would get one more hit from Jean Luc Blaquiere, who finished the game 2-for-3, but were unable to bring him around to score.
Mack Ade, of Mack's Mets, took time to discuss the 2009 Cyclones. He is an expert of the Mets' minor leagues and of the MLB draft. On his blog, you can find daily recaps, Q & A's, early coverage of the 2010 MLB Draft and much more.
PS: How much does winning in Brooklyn get in the way of player development?
MA: Boy, I could write a book on this one.
How much?
Everything.
The Mets top brass is to the obsession stage of making sure Brooklyn beats Staten Island every year. Every year, players growth is held up so the Cyclones has the better players, and, it is well though by most Mets, and scouts throughout the league, that the Sand Gnats in Savannah take second fiddle to the Clones.
The Kingsport Mets overcame five errors to take a 6-4 Appalachian League win over the visiting Burlington Royals at Hunter Wright Stadium on Monday night.
“Today we started out a little ugly,” K-Mets manager Mike DiFelice said. “Five errors in two innings, then we come out and get solid pitching and solid relief pitching and get some nice innings with runs and we get a win out of that.
“It’s a nice turnaround.”
Headed in, Burlington (16-31) led the Appalachian League with 90 stolen bases. On Monday night, the Royals got two stolen bags from Victor Soto and another from Luis Del Rosario.
“We play aggressive baseball every day. We try. That’s all we’ve got to do,” said Burlington manager Nelson Liriano
Assuming options for J.J. Putz and Billy Wagner are declined, the Mets have $41.35 million coming off the books from Carlos Delgado, Brian Schneider, Tim Redding, Alex Cora, Fernando Tatis, Putz, Wagner and Ramon Castro, whose salary the Mets are responsible for despite trading him earlier this season. Mike Pelfrey's contract calls for him to make $3 million this season, but because that original deal upon being drafted expires and he falls short of the service time required to qualify for arbitration, that salary would drop to $500,000 in 2010. However, the Mets are on the hook for $9.75 million in raises to David Wright, Johan Santana, Francisco Rodriguez and Jose Reyes. They also should be responsible for raises to arbitration-eligible Pedro Feliciano, Jeff Francoeur and Sean Green. That means the net coming off the payroll may be about $30 million. And if the payroll goes down as expected - whether because of fewer ticket sales or the Wilpons' other financial losses - every dollar available could be needed to fill gaping holes and not be wasted on overhauling a front office.
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Mets Alumni:
· Kevin Mulvey: The Mets drafted Mulvey in 2006 in the 2nd round of the draft (62nd overall). Last year in AAA his record was 7-9 with a 3.77 ERA. This year he is currently 4-7 with an ERA over 4. He has 48 walks this season, that was all the walks he allowed last year. So far he has pitched in 20 games this season.
· Deolis Guerra: The Mets signed Guerra in 2005. He seems the most promising out of the trade for the Twins as far as pitching goes. Last year for the Twins Single A+ team he went 11-9 with a 5.47 ERA. He started in 25 games last season. This year in the 1st half of A+ ball he was 6-8 with an ERA of 4.69 in 15 games started. He is now currently in AA with a record of 4-2 and an ERA over 6 in 6 games started.
· Phil Humber: The Mets drafted Humber in 2004 as their 1st round pick. They gave him a signing bonus of 3.7 million dollars. Before being traded he underwent Tommy John Surgery in 2005. After being traded to the Twins Humber was assigned to Triple A for most of the season. He did appear in 5 games for the Twins in 2008. He had an ERA of 4.63 in 11.2 innings. He allowed 11 hits, 6 runs and allowed 6 HR’s. In 2009 he appeared in 4 games posting an ERA of almost 13 before being designated for assignment by the Twins.
· Carlos Gomez: The Mets signed him to a contract at the age of 16. In his time with the Mets he made it to the show. We saw that he had explosive speed and was a good defender but his offense left a lot to be desired, challenging the notion that he was a five tool player. Gomez became the starting center fielder for the Twins after trade with the departure of Tori Hunter. He hit for the cycle last season but also had the most errors among center fielders in MLB. He finished the season with a .258 batting AVG. This season so far he is hitting only .224.
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